Is Spring Green, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Spring Green have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Spring Green Estates South and House on the Rock Resort.
Spring Green Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.7 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Spring Green Waterworks is very hard, typically 242 mg/L (14.2 grains per gallon). How Wisconsin’s water compares.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Spring Green’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Spring Green Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 1,626 people · under 100 in Spring Green
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 242 mg/L (14.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Spring Green Estates South
Wisconsin · serves 40 people · under 100 in Spring Green
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.22 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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House on the Rock Resort
Wisconsin · serves 470 people · lists Spring Green among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 242 mg/L (14.1 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Spring Green Estates
Wisconsin · serves 300 people · lists Spring Green among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 248 mg/L (14.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Spring Green Estates North
Wisconsin · serves 32 people · lists Spring Green among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.72 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Spring Green Waterworks’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Spring Green
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Spring Green, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Iowa County
Dodgeville, WI · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pure Water Labs, LLC
Reedsburg, WI · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pure Water Labs, LLC
Lodi, WI · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene: Well water test kits ordered by phone and shipped free; you pay to mail the sample back, and the lab bills you after testing. Tests run from bacteria alone to a homeowner package covering bacteria, nitrate, fluoride, metals, hardness, volatile organic compounds and atrazine. Bacteria is $35, nitrate $35, lead $38, and the homeowner package $450, as of July 1, 2026. Public Environmental and Water Testing Prices, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
All 156 certified labs for WisconsinZIP codes in Spring Green
Which ZIP codes are in Spring Green: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Wisconsin DNR and DATCP, certified and approved drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Spring Green
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Spring Green Waterworks’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water